Extreme Weather Events

A Queensland council sick of cleaning up the mess from mud sliding after heavy rain says trees and stone seating terraces will be installed to bring the practice to an end.

A spectacular snowstorm leaves the last commercial orchard in the NSW Northern Tablelands with "unprecedented" damage.

US President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to US weather and climate services will cause the loss of critical data Australia relies on for its weather and climate modelling.

Harvey residents woke to the sound of huge hailstones crashing overhead as two cold fronts lashed the town over the weekend.

Stranded motorists bed down on a pub floor for a second night as snow remains on the Northern Tablelands.

A 26-year-old woman is still missing in floodwaters and evacuation orders have been issued for flooding in parts of New South Wales following torrential rain, wind and heavy snow.

As the atrocities in Gaza continue, another crisis is enveloping the Middle East — as record heat, drought and wildfires open up another devastating front.

WA has just endured one of its coldest and wettest months in recent memory, and the Bureau of Meteorology says there is more wild weather on the way. 

The frequency of "giant" hail and the number of hail days in a season could increase substantially for multiple Australian cities as the climate warms, a new study has found.

Rain has returned to farming regions in South Australia. But the drought is not over  — it just looks like it. 

Residents say a freak tornado that ripped through Perth's coastal suburbs sounded "like a jet engine" as it fell trees and tore up the roofs of homes.

Parts of the country have recorded their coldest June mornings in decades, but on average, winters are getting warmer.

This week's destructive weather on Australia's east coast has broken rain and wind records, with the Bureau of Meteorology saying some of the gusts recorded have been as strong as those during Cyclone Alfred. 

Severe weather warnings have been downgraded but emergency services warn damaging surf will continue around the NSW coast today.

Residents of Wamberal Beach on the NSW Central Coast, where homes partially collapsed during savage weather in 2020, say work to mitigate erosion should have started months ago.

The system has now reached peak intensity in terms of pressure and its pressure and peak winds remain equivalent to the strength of a tropical cyclone near the boundary between category one and category two.

Multiple emergency warnings from NSW SES remain in place between the South Coast and Central Coast, in the aftermath of powerful winds and heavy rain.

Parts of the New South Wales Central and South coasts were hit by a coastal low weather system with damaging winds and heavy rainfall. Take a look back to see how the day unfolded. 

Strong winds and fallen trees cause major transport disruptions as the "complex weather system" continues to move further inland in NSW.

A bomb cyclone off the NSW coast is bringing hazardous surf conditions, strong winds and heavy rain that threatens to cause flash flooding. Look back at how the day unfolded.